Creator Gender: male / Associated Places: Spain / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Girl from Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ladies' Church dress

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 inches (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Dominican Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Franciscan Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Peasants of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (23.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Parish Priest

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Firewood Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Manner of carrying children

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Walking Dress, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (21.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Female huckster of Port Orotava

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Canary Fisherman

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: between 1823 and 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Natives of La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20.6 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Man of El Miradero

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Woman of Ycod el Alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Girl from Hierro

2. Ladies' Church dress

3. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

4. Dominican Friar

5. Franciscan Friar

6. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

7. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

8. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

9. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

10. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

11. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

12. Peasants of Hierro

13. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

14. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

15. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

16. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

17. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

18. Parish Priest

19. Firewood Seller, Tenerife

20. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

21. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

22. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

23. Manner of carrying children

24. Walking Dress, Tenerife

25. Female huckster of Port Orotava

26. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

27. Canary Fisherman

28. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

29. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

30. Natives of La Palma

31. Man of El Miradero

32. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

33. Woman of Ycod el Alto, Tenerife